What does τρίτος · ἡμέρα mean in the Bible?
τρίτος · ἡμέρα is a Greek phrase meaning "third day".
Greek · G5154, G2250
τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ
Third · day
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τρίτος G5154 third
Pronunciation trítos
Marks chronological sequence or division; in Revelation, often quantifies catastrophic judgment affecting one-third of creation.
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ἡμέρα G2250 day
Pronunciation hēméra
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What does τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ (tē tritē hēmera) mean in the Bible?
τρίτος · ἡμέρα is a Greek phrase meaning "third day".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G5154, G2250?
G5154, G2250 is connected to 55 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. third day
Source Gloss
third day
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 9 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 9 Aligned forms 55 Case pattern Nominative (23) Number pattern Singular (55)
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Rev 4:7 · Rev 8:7 · Rev 8:8 · Rev 8:9 · Rev 8:11 · Rev 8:12 · Rev 9:18 13×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 22:26 · Mark 12:21 · Luke 20:31 · Rev 8:10 · Rev 14:9 · Rev 16:4 · Rev 21:19 7×
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Mark 15:25 · Acts 2:15 · Rev 11:14 3×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Matt 26:44 · Rev 6:5 2×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Matt 27:64 · Acts 23:23 2×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine 2 Cor 12:2 1×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Matt 16:21 · Matt 17:23 · Matt 20:19 · Luke 9:22 · Luke 12:38 · Luke 13:32 · Luke 18:33 · Luke 24:7 · Luke 24:46 · John 2:1 · Acts 10:40 · Acts 27:19 · 1 Cor 15:4 13×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Mark 14:41 · Luke 23:22 · John 21:14 · John 21:17 · 1 Cor 12:28 · 2 Cor 12:14 · 2 Cor 13:1 · Rev 8:10 · Rev 9:15 · Rev 12:4 11×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 20:3 · Luke 24:21 · Rev 6:5 3×
Word Origins
τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain